Globalisation from below.

Tim Cassiers

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    Abstract

    The Rue de Brabant is one of the nodes in the European migrant-globalisation-from-below-network. Starting from the sale and distribution of carpet, the street has gained a reputation all over Europe, and the entrepreneurs have become big stakeholders in the transnational ethnic commercial apparatus. The area itself has been a condition for its success. As a place in the margins, it was subjected to little mainstream political or economic attention, which made it possible for ethnic entrepreneurs to start-up and grow in sort of a grey zone of informal work and activities.
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationThe Brussels reader
    Place of PublicationBrussels
    PublisherVUB press
    Pages43-60
    Number of pages18
    ISBN (Print)9789057181764
    Publication statusPublished - 2013

    Keywords

    • ethnic entrepreneurship
    • globalisation
    • migrant communities
    • migrant mobilities

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